Metheringham Community Fire Station

An Introduction to Your Community Fire Station.

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue has approximately 900 Firefighters and fire staff. The county area is organised into four Station Support Groups (SSGs 1,2,3,4) that support the 38 fire stations throughout Lincolnshire.

The majority of the 2,237 square miles of Lincolnshire is crewed by retained staff who attend on a call out basis. The other stations are either wholetime (24/7) or day crewed (office hours).

Metheringham Community Fire Station is allocated to SSG4 and covers the areas to Martin, Digby, Temple Bruer, across the A15 to the Mere, and Potterhanworth.
The station currently has twelve personnel consisting of two Watch Managers, Two Crew Managers and eight Fire Fighters two of whom are female. There are also two potential recruits who are at present going through the selection process and we wish them every success and hope to see them on station soon.

As part of the improvement for National Resilience a call sign structure has been introduced to support Regional Control Centres for effective operation. The call signs are unique for each resource. The call sign for Metheringham is FEC26P2 ( Phonetically - Foxtrot Echo Charlie Two Six Papa Two) which has replaced the older Cypher of D8 ("D" Division, Station 8).
F = Fire, E = Region-East Midlands, C = Sub Region-Lincolnshire, 26 = Metheringham Station, P = Appliance Type-Pump, 2 = Water Tender Ladder (Wtl)

The Appliance

Metheringham received a Brand new MAN Fire appliance in February as part of Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue modernisation plan.
Appliance Details.
Reg No F57 FOC
Cypher FEC26P2
Engine MAN EURO 4 176Kw (240bhp) 6 Cylinder
Trans MAN 'Tip-Matic' 12 Speed automatic
Top Speed 70 mph on Incident and 56 mph other (Restricted)
Main Pump Rear Mounted Ziegler FPN2000/10HH PTO Driven
Rated Delivery 2000 Lpm 10Bars (3.0m Suction Lift)
HP stage 250 Lpm at 40 Bar
Water Cap 1800 Litres
Foam Tank 120 Litre on Board

If you require any more details please contact any member of Metheringham Fire Station Personnel or come and have a look around during our Station and community events. If you are interested in becoming a Retained Fire Fighter please contact Roy Darwood on 01526 321489 for an application pack.

Pete Leggett
Crew Manager C26
Metheringham